Hoyden wrote: I beat the heck out of prototypes before I start making and selling a design to people.

You don't just "beat" them, if I remember correctly they were nailed to trees, and pulled by a truck............

You make me think of those commercials with the older lady and son testing out winter jackets.......damn it, what is that company?

Columbia.

I am a little anal with my testing. I have polypropylene and nylon collars nailed to the fence, buried in the sand box and a new material sitting in a 5 gal. bucket of water.

I wanted to test the nylon buckles, so I zip tied the collar to a tree and then ran a rope through it and attached it to the ball hitch on Mark's truck and had him pull on it. Steady pressure didn't break it, a sudden HARD jolt did.

I let the dogs play tug with wet collars to see how much they'll stretch.

I did the same with some new D-rings and buckles. D-rings failed and have been sent back to the company.

My husband says that I am insane. But if my dogs and the Gremlin can't kill - it's darn sturdy.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men ~ General George S. Patton, Jr.

She taking all the stars down from her sky to hang them up someplace new, where there's better weather and the sky's a different blue. ~ Autumn Fields

Maybe I can have you be a tester when we get the product close to finish stage?

You get to beat the heck out it and tell me what works and what doesn't and then I send you one of the design for being a guinea pit.

that sounds good. We have a 185 pound mastiff that does protection work... I think he can do some testing for you!

We have a bunch of other large dogs as well. And I am a very creative and resourceful person... I'll torture your collars for you! I'll even keep notes! Can I wear a white lab coat and carry a clip board? ooooooo that would be COOL!

Michelle

Inside me is a thin woman trying to get out. I usually shut the bitch up with a martini.

Maybe I can have you be a tester when we get the product close to finish stage?

You get to beat the heck out it and tell me what works and what doesn't and then I send you one of the design for being a guinea pit.

that sounds good. We have a 185 pound mastiff that does protection work... I think he can do some testing for you!

We have a bunch of other large dogs as well. And I am a very creative and resourceful person... I'll torture your collars for you! I'll even keep notes! Can I wear a white lab coat and carry a clip board? ooooooo that would be COOL!

YAY! A partner in insanity.

The handler of the K-9 officer that was doing some of my collar thrashing was just injured so he can't beat on collars for awhile.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men ~ General George S. Patton, Jr.

She taking all the stars down from her sky to hang them up someplace new, where there's better weather and the sky's a different blue. ~ Autumn Fields

I have this really cool tool that is used to thread black pipe (used for gas lines in houses). It's a huge thing on a tri-pod and it creates serious torque. I bet I could torture a few collars with that.

I'm gonna have to find some nerd galsses to go with my lab coat...

Michelle

Inside me is a thin woman trying to get out. I usually shut the bitch up with a martini.

In purple AND in pink! The Blocky's have been controversial as of late....not as fashionable as some! I also love Noel's collars- Satin had a pretty red and white mint one for Christmas and now she wears a light pink leopard design with black webbing in the limited slip style. She loves it and we have gotten a bunch of compliments on them!!
I'm addicted now....I love the purple celtic!!!!